911 briefs -- Published Dec. 8, 2012

STOCKTON - The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding a Stockton man who has been missing for 10 days.

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STOCKTON - The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding a Stockton man who has been missing for 10 days.

Robert Picetti, 83, was last seen about 1:40 p.m. Nov. 27 at a Burger King restaurant in Lockeford with a man deputies have identified as Otilio Garcia.

Picetti was wearing a red flannel shirt, blue jeans, a tan and blue Dickies jacket and brown boots, authorities said. He is approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall and 160 pounds with brown eyes, gray hair, a mustache and a small beard. Garcia has been questioned and is considered a person of interest, deputies said.

Authorities said Garcia and Picetti's pickup were seen about 6 p.m. Nov. 27 at the Clements County Market in Clements. Garcia was seen talking to an unidentified woman. Authorities have released the woman's photo in hopes that someone will recognize her.

Anyone with information is asked to contact deputies at (209) 468-4400.

STOCKTON - A man attempted to rob a store in the 2000 block of East Mariposa Road shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday but lost money instead, authorities said.

The man reached for the open cash register drawer after paying for a pack of cigarettes, but an employee pushed the man's arm away and began fighting with him, police said. The man let go of the drawer and fled on foot, leaving behind the cash and the cigarettes he purchased.

He was described as a 30-year-old black man wearing a long, curly wig, a blue hooded jacket, light blue jeans, white tennis shoes and a baseball cap with an orange bill.